Thursday, May 13, 2010

Don't read this post! There's a monster at the end!
No wait, what I mean is that it's probably TOO EARLY for another update. But the thing is, I'm off to Toronto this weekend and won't have the time nor wherewithall to get my planned update out.
So you get it early.

But no worries! You can just turn your computer off right this moment, and not turn it back on until Sunday.
Then, you won't feel pressured to get this update and plough through it.

Yes, that's right. Just close your email down and shut off the computer.
Pull the plug from the back.
Now toss that monitor straight out the fucking window.
OK, now the pants come off. Tear your pants in to strips of fabric. Bite in to your hand until you break the skin, streak some blood across your face, and tie one of the pieces of fabric across your forehead like a sweatband.

If that fails, just listen to the update. It's all gravy to me.

We have FIVE, count 'em 5 cover songs in this update. 5!

Cicada - Metropolis (The Twelves Remix): The Twelves are back with another rockin' pop remix. love love love.

CocoRosie - Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover): From the Lemonade single, CocoRosie do an appropriate breathey take on this Beach Boys classic.

eLDOKO - Woodworm Blues: Filtered and chopped horns? On a funky house beat? you don't say!

Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover): Probably one of my favourite LCD Soundsystem tracks! Covered by FF on their A Bunch of Stuff EP from 2007.

Mochipet - John Coltrane on Atari (Daniel Day Trio Remix): Everyone and their mom is remixing Mochipet, and considering this is Master P On Atari Transformed Vol. 1, it implies at least one more volume in the works. This was the standout for me, a guitar and drums rework of the original breakbeat mutant.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ropa: This is off the 2008 Koko EP. It's great to hear Sakamoto getting back in to depth of the piano.

She & Him - I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover): Taken from the comp "Sweetheart: Our Favourite Artists Sing Their Favourite Long Songs"

The Joy Formidable - The Greatest Light Is The Greatest ShadeThe Joy Formidable - Whirring: It was an accident I stumbled on these songs, but they are fabulous! The tags say they are from the brand new "A Balloon Called Moaning", which I will happily hunt down. And so should you.

The Pack A.D. - Crazy: A fabulous rock pop number from the new album "We Kill Computers".

The Rest - The Close Western: It's the end of the day, I'm out of words, and I'm just blissing out to this song... from the album Cried Wolf.